Guatemala Bodies in Bags: 65 Logged So Far This Year
Guatemala's Public Ministry has registered 65 bodies found wrapped in bags, sacks or barrels this year, and says it cannot yet link the cases together. The post Guatemala Bodies in Bags: 65 Logged So Far This Year appeared first on The Rio Times .
Guatemala's Public Ministry has registered 65 bodies found in bags, sacks, barrels or other wrappings since the beginning of 2026. Out of these, 49 were discovered in the department of Guatemala, home to the capital city. The complaints against these deaths came from ten out of the country's twenty-two departments, with the majority concentrated in and around the capital.
The Public Ministry has not disclosed how many of the 54 complaints are linked, nor who ordered the killings or why the bodies were wrapped and abandoned. This issue highlights the lack of transparency in the reporting and investigation processes, as well as the broader issue of organized crime in Central America and Mexico.
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